RomanSites vs Archaeotrail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RomanSites
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RomanSites is an application for the creation of a geopositioned catalog of virtual reconstructions and digitalizations of Roman archaeological sites, complemented with a registry of Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, blogs, etc., linked to Roman archaeological sites.
Archaeotrail
Explore archaeological sites independently using your smartphone. The app guides you to points of interest with GPS, offering visual and textual information. Download trails for offline use in multiple languages.
- GPS-guided discovery of archaeological sites
- Visual and textual information at points of interest
- Offline trail access
- Multi-language support
- User-created trails
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With the ArchaeoTrail App, you can discover archaeological sites on your own using your smartphone. With the help of GPS, you are guided along a suggested route to the various points of interest of an archaeological site and provided with visual and textual information. Once downloaded, trails can be used in offline mode as well. The app is available in many different languages and for a growing number of trails around the world. At www.archaeotrail.org, after registering for free, those responsible for an archaeological site can create own trails. The ArchaeoTrail App was created by the Near Eastern Archaeology Department of the Institute for Archaeological Sciences and the MATIS 1 working group of the Institute for Didactics of Mathematics and Computer Science at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Its development has been funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. Follow us on Twitter: @ArchaeoTrail.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Archaeotrail at every 6 months against RomanSites's every 26 months. RomanSites's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RomanSites ships an update every 26 months, Archaeotrail every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RomanSites | Archaeotrail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 26 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gonzalo Ruiz Manzanares | Apparent Media |
In-app purchases
RomanSites
No in-app purchases
Archaeotrail
No in-app purchases
